Pentecoste

See also: pentecoste

Italian

Etymology

From Latin Pentēcostē, from Ancient Greek πεντηκοστή (pentēkostḗ).

Proper noun

Pentecoste f

1. Pentecost, Whit Sunday

Related terms

• pentecostale

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Latin

Alternative forms

• pentēcostē

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πεντηκοστή (pentēkostḗ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pen.teːˈkos.teː/, [pɛn̪t̪eːˈkɔs̠t̪eː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pen.teˈkos.te/, [pen̪t̪eˈkɔst̪e]

Proper noun

Pentēcostē f sg (genitive Pentēcostēs); first declension

1. (Christianity, Late Latin) Pentecost (Christian festival)

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Pentēcostē
Genitive	Pentēcostēs
Dative	Pentēcostae
Accusative	Pentēcostēn
Ablative	Pentēcostē
Vocative	Pentēcostē

Descendants

Descendants

• Catalan: Pentecosta
• → Middle Low German:
  • → Danish: pinse
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: pinse
  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: pins, pinse
  • → Swedish: pingst
• → Dutch: Pinksteren
• → English: Pentecost
  • → Japanese: ペンテコステ (Pentekosuto)
  • → Maori: Petekoha
• French: Pentecôte
  • → Turkish: pankot
• → Middle High German: phingesten
• Galician: Pentecoste
  • German: Pfingsten
  • Luxembourgish: Päischten
• → Hungarian: pünkösd
• → Irish: Cincís
• Italian: Pentecoste
• Portuguese: Pentecostes, Pentecoste
  • → Indonesian: pentakosta
• → Scottish Gaelic: a' Chaingis
• Spanish: Pentecostés
  • → Tagalog: Pentekostes
• → West Frisian: Pinkster

References

• “Pentecoste”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Pentecoste in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Pentecostes

Etymology

From Latin Pentēcostē, from Ancient Greek πεντηκοστή (pentēkostḗ).

Proper noun

Pentecoste m

1. Pentecost (Christian festival)

Related terms

• pentecostal